Originally Posted by
Leebo
I have been rear ended 4 times in my car, never hit by a car on my bike. I would recommended a mirror as well.
After 35 years of mostly daily cycling and ~150K miles I've only been slightly nudged at ~10 mph in a parking lot. On the other hand, I've hit pavement at 20+ mph more times than I can remember but in every case I was riding in a high risk manner (e.g. cornering near the knife edge of control).